On 14 Jan 2007 14:36:54 -0800, "max graff" wrote:

Hi guys,

I was auditioning some lovely Mcintosh amplifiers this weekend and came
across a sales guy commenting "Mark Levinson amplifers are just
overrated peice of yuppy trash".

I know that all the top-of-line Lexus models carry MLs. But car stereo
systems don't mean much to me. High-end 2-channel home audio does ;-)

Any comments would be very much appreciated.

Cheers

Max

Are you looking for genuinely good performance or just bragging
rights? If the former, buy pretty much anything that takes your fancy;
buy on the basis of offering you the right kind and number of inputs,
and power to suit your needs. If your room or speakers are
particularly dire you might want to include a set of tone controls.

The result will be indistinguishable from the best of high end
amplifiers, and a great deal better than a good number of them, which
have put cosmetics before design competence.

d

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